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An imminent pilot shortage has enrollment taking off at Florida flight schools. About 35,000 pilots are expected to retire within the next six years, the result of captains and first officers facing mandatory retirement at 65. Regional airlines already are feeling the pinch. Several last year said they were forced to cut routes because they didn't have enough pilots. "A lot of furloughed pilots [from the recession] have already been called back, and still there's a demand for more," said Mike Camelin, director of flight training for SunState Aviation, based at Kissimmee Gateway Airport. "The demand is global." Rules enacted after the 2009 Colgan Air...

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